BODY

n. Botd’i?, A.-S., bodig. Gr., dua. Lat.,corpus. Fr., corps. Ger., Körper. It, corpo. Sp.. cuerpo. 1. Any ma of matter. 2. The material part of man as distinguished from the mind or the ue 8. The trunk as distinguished from the head and limbs; the principal part of any structure. See also under Corps, Corpus, and KôrPER,—Acce ory b. A nerve-cell. [J.J— Adenoid b. Fr., corps adénoide. 1. An old term for the prostate. [A, 306.) 3. A melanotic tumor. [Blasius (A, 385).J—Adrenal bodies. See Suprarenal CAPSULES.—Amylaceous bodjes, Amyloid bodies. See Amylaceous coRPUSCLES.—Anterior bigeminal bodies. The anterior pair of the corpora quadrigemina. [I, 14; K.]—Axile b. See Axile corpuscLe.—Bigeminal bodies. See Corpora quadrigemina, under Corpus.— Black well b. Ger., Black well-Kôrperchen. A sensory-nerve termination, situated partly or wholly within the epidermis, consisting of a cluster of nerve-cells connected centrally with one large medullated nerve-fibre and peripherally with the intra-epidermic nerve-fibrils. [Hoggan, ‘ Jour. of Anat. and Physiol.,” 1884, p. 182 (J)—B.-cavities. See Inter mesoblastic sPACES.—B.-cavity. See CŒLoMA.— B. of Luys. See CENTRE médian de Luys—l&. of Oken. See MEsoNEPHROS.—B. of Rosenmiiller. See EpoopHoron.—B.-sarcode. The protoplasm of the b. of a cell. [J.]—Browne b. Ger., Browne-Kürperchen. Browne-Endigung. Syn.: Browne termination. A sensory-nerve termination, in or near the apex of a cutaneous papilla, in which a naked axis-cylinder terminates in two or more prongs or branches. [Hoggan. Le. (J).]—Callous b. See Corpus cullosum.—Capito-pedal bodies. In certain Mollusca, two minute, oblong, yellow bodies on each side of the neck; thought to be pe ctenidia. [L, 121.]—Catalytic bodies. Fr., corpscatalytiques. The ferments. [A, 385.]—Cavern ons bodles. See CoRPORA cavernosa, under CorPus,—Cell-b., Cellular b. See CeLL-b.—Central b. See NvcLEvs. —Cilary b.” Lat., corpus ciliare. Fr., corps ciliaire. Ger., Ciliarkärper. It, corpo ciliare. Sp., o ciliar. The middle segment of the second, or uveal, coat of the eye, between the iris in front and the chorioid behind; comprising the ciliary muscle, the ciliary ligament, and the ciliary roce es to the latter of which the term was formerly restricted). F.J—Colostruin bodle: Colostrum corPUSCLES.—Coming down of the b. See Falling of the b.—Concentric b. See Concentric CORPUSCLE of Ha all._Dentate b., Dentated b. of the olive. See Corpus dentatum.—Directive b. See Extrusion GLonuLE.—Embryoplastie bodies. See Fibro-plastic CELLS.— External geniculate b. Lat., corpus geniculatum externum. Fr., corps géniculé externe. Ger., äu erer Kniehäcker. A projection at the posterior part of the optic thalamus, to the outer side of the pulvinar, consisting of alternate Tags of white and gray matter. [I, 15, 62; K.|—Falling of the b. A popular term for prolapse of the rectum. [E.]—Vibro-plastic bodies. See Fibro plastic cELLS.—Fimbriated b. See Corrus fimbria tum—Forelgn b. Lat., corpus alienum. Fr., corps étranger. Ger., Fremdkörper, It, corpo straniero. Sp., cuerpo extraño. A b. which | has gained entrance into the organism from without, or, having been originally a constituent portion of the organism, has ceased to be so; one that can answer no good purpose in the organism, but is likely to prove a source of irritation. [A, 855. —Ganglionie bodies. See Nerve-cetts.—Hoggan b. A sensory-nerve termination similar to the Pacinian corpuscle (q. v.), except that the nerve divides into two, three, or more branches immediately after entering the capsule. [Hoggan, I. c. (J).|—Hyaloid b. Fr., corps hyaloïde. Corpus vitreum.—Inferior olivary b. Lat., corpus olive inferius. Fr., corps olivaire inférieur. Ger., untere (oder gro ere) Olive. The olivary b. of the medulla oblong at a, as distinguished from the small group of cells in the pons-Varolii havin; the same name. [I, 15; Sorter, geniculate b. See Intern a geniculate b.—Intermediate perforate b. See Posterior per- So rated SPACE, uternal genicnlate b. Lat., corpus geniculatum internum. Fr., corps géniculé intérieur. … innerer Kniehäcker. A prominent ma of gray and white matter at the lower and outer part of the optic thalamus, with which its gray matter is continuous. [I, 29, 62; K-] ‘A long, irregular b., ? .]—Interrenal b. of a yellow color, lying to the inner side of the ureter in certain of the Batoides, [L, 200. travertebral b. The centrum of a vertebra. [L, 300.|—Laminated amyloid bodies. See Amylaceous CORPUSCLES.—Lower olivary b. See Inferior olivary b.— Malpighian bodies. See Malpighian corpuscies.—Marginal bodies. Bodies attached to the edge of the umbrella in free Medusæ. Those of one variety resemble vesicles, and are thought to be sensory organs; the others are collections of pigment provided with a transparent refracting b. [L, pie enue b. See Shell OLAND.—Mei ner’s bodies. See Tactile corpuscLES.—-Muriform b. The morula (the vitellus of a fecundated ovum in the stage of segmentation) so called from its resemblance to a mulberry. [A,86.]—Nuclear b. The nuclear disc (g. v.) of a maturing ovum after it has a umed an ellipsoidal form. [J, 1.]—Nucleoplasmic b. The definite ma formed in a maturing ovum by a collection of the plasma of the nucleus (germinal vesicle) after the membrane of the vesicle has disappeared. [J, 1, 30.]— Olivary b. Lat., corpus olivare, oliva, Fr., corps olivaire. Ger., Olivenkôrper, Olive. Sı olive. An oval projection at the upper ‘ion of the me oblong at a, just above the extremity of the lateral column. It is separated from the lower edge of the pone Varolii by a well-marked groove. It is surrounded by bunles of nerve-fibres (the capsule, siliqua olive). Its centre is occupied by a ma of ‚y matter surrounded by convoluted lam inæ of white substance (the corpus dentatum olive) which are not continuous, but leave an opening on the mesial side (the hilum) through which bundles of nerve-fibres pa into the centre (the olivai peduncle). [I, 15; K.]—Organic bodies. emical compounds pean ey to the animal or the vegetable kingdom.—Organized odies. Fr., corps organ isés. Organisms.—Outer genicniate b. See External geniculate b.—Pac chi on i an bodies. Lat., corpora (seu glandulæ) Pacchioni. Fr., corpuscules (ou granulations, ou glandes) de Pacchioni, granulations méningiennes. Ger., Pacchioni’sche Kô;?er (oder Granulationen), Arachnoidalzotten, It., glandote di Pacchioni. The small granulations, or granular ‘owths, seen on the surface of the dura mater along the longituinal sinus and extending into the sinus itself. They do not originate in the dura mater, but have been shown by Luschka to be simply hypertrophied arachnoidal villi which have grown through the dura. They may be injected through the subarachnoid space, and have been supposed to aid in equalizing the pre ure in the venous sinuses and the subarachnoid cavity in case of a sudden increase in the amount of the cerebro-spinal fiuid. [I, 15; K.]—Pacinian bodies. See Pacinian CORPUSCLES. — Parenchymal bodies. Ger., Parenchymkérper. The lobules of the lacrymal gland, (J, 35.J—Perineal b. H, Savage's term for a highly elastic and resistant structure formed by a sort of fusion (without lo of identity) of those perineal structures which, in women, meet at a point midway between the anus and the posterior commi ure of the vulva; forming a point of attachment for the ischio-perineal ligaments, the superficial transverse perineal muscles, and the anterior part of the superficial sphincter ani, [A, 203.|—Pineal b. See Pineal GLAN D —Pituitary b. See Hypopunysis cerebri—Polar b. See Extrusion GLOBULE—Post pyramidal b. [Owen]. See Posterior pyramip.—Pre pyramidal b. [Owen]. e Anterior PyrAMID.—Problematical bodies. 1. A term used by Semper to designate what Sabatier considers to be nuclei of den to sperm oblasts (g. v.) which have not undergone division. 2. Ma es of acce ory corpuscles. [Geddes (J, 55).]—Psalloid b. See Lyra. —Pyramidal b. A prominence on the infero-posterior surface of the plantar cushion of the horse, corresponding to the frog. [L, 13.] —Refractive bodies. Minuté cylindrical crystals, of unknown composition, scattered through the protoplasm of some of the lower Protozoa. [L, 121.]—Restiform b. Lat., corpus rest i for me. Fr., corps rest i for me. Ger., strickférmiger Kärper. Syn.: inferior peduncle of the cerebellum. A rounded ma of nerve-fibres at the posterior part of the medulla oblong at a, which results from thi union of the lateral cerebellar tract with the cuneate funiculu: and the funiculus of Rolando, and terminates in the cerebellar hemisphere. The term is sometimes applied to the posterior column of the medulla oblong at a (exclusive of the funiculus gracilis) together with the lateral cerebellar tract, also to the posterior column alone. [I, 15; K.]—Rhomboid b. See Fourth YENTRICLE.— Rod-like bodles. See Intracellular rons—Segmental bodies. See Segmental apparatus.—Semilunar b. See DEMILUNE—Strlated b. See Corpus siriatum.—Superior olivary b. Lat., cor- Ba olivare super i us. Fr., corps olivaire supérieur. Ger., oberer Olivenkôrper. Syn.: superior olivary nucleus. A group of nerve cells near the central region of the s Varolii, just below the facial nucleus, near the outer edge of the formatio reticular is, It gives origin to some of the fibres of the trapezium. [I, 31; K.]— Suprarenal b. See Suprarenal CAPSULE.—Thyreoid b. See Thyreoid auaxd.—Touch-hodies. See Tactile CORPUSCLES.—Trapezoid b. The trapezium (q. v.) of the pons Varolii. _[I, 31; K.J— Upper olivary b. See Superior olivary b.—Vermiform b. name sometimes given to the carpogonium of an Ascobolus. [B, 75.)]—Vitreous b. See Corpus vitreum.—White b. A b. found in the orbit of certain Mollusca, the function of whieh is unknown. ie a ean b. Fr, c Be Woll. Ger., Hoy pecker ‘ärper, Urniere, It., cor; i Wolf., CUET de Wolff. See Mesonepnros.—Yellow b. See Corpus ieee